Aim and Activities of the Veszprém Regional Centre of the Hungarian
Academy of Sciences (VEAB)

The members of VEAB, who direct the activities of the regional organization,
are academicians, heads of specialist committees and academically accredited
experts working in the region who are elected as representatives of academic
and higher educational institutions and the counties in the region.

The main objective of VEAB is to stimulate, support and co-ordinate
scientific research, and by so doing, advance economic, cultural and social
development in the region and the country, by scientific methods. The counties
of Fejér, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Komárom-Esztergom, Vas and Veszprém are the
focus of our activities. For historical reasons, in certain fields of science
the number of experts from Zala County is significant (when VEAB was formed
the Keszthely district, which is now part of Zala County, belonged to Veszprém
County). In addition we have scientific committees unparalleled nationwide
with the active participation of scientists from outside the region.

The objectives of VEAB lie partly in the field of scientific policy,
partly in the form of organizing sciences. Within the framework of its
more general science policy it

makes suggestions or expresses opinions - on request - on important
issues pertaining to the region, within its competence

assists various scientific activities such as organizing conferences,
publishing scientific achievements through all possible means available

promotes the implementation of specific tasks by inviting proposals
and applications

hosts scientific and other programmes (non-political) of various organizations
and associations.

It is the scientific network of VEAB where - as a result of the science
management work of the Veszprém Centre of the Academy a significant part
of the scientific life in the Northern Transdanubian region is carried
out. On the one hand, the organization is made up of professional specialist
committees covering a wide range of scientific activities, on the other
hand organized within them, working committees study special areas within
disciplines. The committees regularly organize lectures, staff meetings,
various regional, national or international conferences by means of which
they

monitor the latest developments in their field of science

stimulate working relationships between scientists and research institutes